Conceptualizing stability within the euro-mediterranean partnership

Abstract EN

When scrutinizing the specific characteristics of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership (EMP) and the Association Agreements which governs the nature of cooperation between the two rims of the Mediterranean, we find out that “stability” as such the main key policy objective the EU is trying to uphold.

Accordingly, the purpose of this study revolves around two main objectives: to unleash the ambiguity over the concept of “stability” as a policy objective under the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership and to try to detect the form of “stability” the EU is trying to capitalize on.

As for the former objective, the study concludes that concept shall not be merely associated with the depiction of one particular incident or static period–reflecting for example on a specific political, social, or economic condition-of any given country or region.

It should nonetheless also consider those stages that led to the final stage of particular status quo.

As far as stability as a policy objective of the EU’s within the EMP, the paper argued that the partnership through MEDA tends to maintain stability status quo by continuing on focusing on the economic type of stability.

Considering the security interest dimension, such form of stability merges a state of mutual interests and a solid compromise between the Europeans and their Arab regimes counterparts.